MPD: Women entered home without permission

Published 3:30 pm, Monday, January 26, 2015

Two Midland women were arrested Jan. 8 after allegedly entering a home and slapping a victim, according to court documents.

Brittany Cook, 22, and Shelly Dawson, 39, were charged with second-degree felony burglary of a habitation in the Jan. 8 incident. Each was released Jan. 10 on a $10,000 bond.

A Midland police officer was dispatched at 6:45 p.m. Jan. 8 to a Brunson Avenue residence in reference to a disturbance involving two women. The caller said the women drove a white SUV, according to the arrest affidavit.

The officer arrived and saw an unoccupied white SUV parked in the middle of the street with the driver’s door open. The officer spoke with the two women — later identified as Cook and Dawson — and Dawson said she had entered the home because she had a conflict with the resident but did not physically assault the resident, according to the affidavit.

A witness said they heard female voices in the home and saw Dawson and Cook in the home without the owner’s consent and that Dawson allegedly slapped the victim three or four times, according to the affidavit. Cook spoke to a man on the phone and passed on his threatening words to the resident, according to the affidavit.

If convicted of the second-degree felonies, both women face up to 20 years in prison.